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EURIPIDES.

Agamemnon.

How?—and didst thou break my seal, and know'st thou what thou shouldest not? 325


Menelaus.

Yea, unto thy sorrow brake it, that I know thy secret plot.


Agamemnon.

Ay?—and where didst seize him?—Gods, what front of impudence is here!


Menelaus.

Watching if thy child from Argos to the host were drawing near.


Agamemnon.

What dost thou to spy upon me? Is not this done shamelessly?


Menelaus.

Mine own pleasure was my warrant. I am not thy bondman—I. 330


Agamemnon.

Is not this outrageous? Wouldst thou limit in mine house my power?


Menelaus.

Yea; thy thoughts are shifty, changing ever with the changing hour.


Agamemnon.

Subtly hast thou glozed the evil! Hateful is the artful tongue!

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